Incoming: On Chesil Beach
It is summer 1962, and England is still a year away from huge social changes: Beatlemania, the sexual revolution and the Swinging Sixties. We first encounter Florence and Edward, a…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Grifters
As well as being the director behind such classic films as Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York and Casino, Martin Scorsese has spent his life championing and promoting film…
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Blu-Ray Review: Inherit the Wind
Considering its position within the First World and how much power and influence it has on the global stage, the United States of America is a peculiar country when it…
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Film Review: Filmworker
When discussing the merits of any film, the actors and director almost always take centre stage. The cinematographer and composer might get a mention, and occasionally the editor, but this…
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Film Review: A Cambodian Spring
Cambodia isn’t a country which attracts much external press or media attention. Indeed, most people would be hard pushed to associate the Southeast Asia nation with anything other than the…
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Incoming: Deadpool 2
Marvel’s motormouth mercenary is back! Bigger, better and occasionally more pantless than ever before. When a super soldier arrives on a murderous mission, Deadpool is forced to think about friendship,…
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Blu-Ray Review: Breakheart Pass
The 1960s were boom time for Charles Bronson. With roles in a string of hits including The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape and The Sandpiper, his star…
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Incoming: Jeune Femme
Neurotic and manic, bold and magnetic, Paula is a muddle of contradictions. Fresh from an unceremonious dumping by her boyfriend of 10 years, she finds herself wandering the streets of…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
Folklore and legend play a huge role in the evolution of Japanese horror films. Unlike the genre’s development in the Western world, Japanese filmmakers have been largely concerned with psychological…
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Incoming: Redoubtable
Set against the backdrop of the achingly chic Paris of the 1960’s, the film depicts the relationship between Godard – leading voice of the Nouvelle Vague – and his younger…
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